There is no material increase in port congestion at North America West Coast
ports over the past week despite the labour stoppage by Canadian rail workers
following the lockout of over 9,000 workers on 22 August before the government
called for binding arbitration with no further labour stoppages during the
arbitration process paving the way for railway operations to resume on 26
August.
Ships faced berthing delays at Vancouver of up to 5 days while the PNW ports of
Seattle and Tacoma faced sev